2slides-mcp

2slides MCP Server

Expose 2slides.com tools to MCP clients: generate PowerPoint decks and custom-designed slides, add AI voice narration, and get the finished files back as download links.

Get Your API Key

Before connecting, get an API key from 2slides.com/api.

Connect

2slides runs a hosted Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint, and also ships this stdio package. Both expose the same 7 tools against the same account and the same credits.

Option 1 — Streamable HTTP (recommended)

Anthropic's MCP docs call HTTP "the recommended option for connecting to remote MCP servers", and 2slides is a hosted service with no local files or processes to reach, so start here.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http 2slides "https://2slides.com/api/mcp?apikey=YOUR_2SLIDES_API_KEY"

Verify with claude mcp list — the server should report ✔ Connected.

Project config (.mcp.json, shared with your team)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2slides": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://2slides.com/api/mcp?apikey=YOUR_2SLIDES_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop / claude.ai: add it as a custom connector at claude.ai/customize/connectors with the same URL.

Option 2 — stdio (local process)

Use this when the client can only spawn local processes, when the machine has no direct route to 2slides.com, or when you want to pin and patch the server yourself.

Claude Code

claude mcp add 2slides -e API_KEY=YOUR_2SLIDES_API_KEY -- npx -y 2slides-mcp@latest

Claude Desktop — edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2slides": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "2slides-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_2SLIDES_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

The -y flag lets npx install the package without prompting. Fully restart Claude Desktop afterwards; in a chat, open the tools panel and you should see the tools below.

Available Tools

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slides_generate (POST /api/v1/slides/generate)

Generate a PowerPoint presentation using a pre-built theme (Fast PPT). Use themes_search first to find a themeId.

• Args:
  • userInput (string, required) — presentation content
  • themeId (string, required) — theme ID from themes_search
  • responseLanguage (string, optional, default: Auto) — output language; supported values: Auto, English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Indonesian, Japanese, Russian, Hindi, French, German, Greek, Vietnamese, Turkish, Thai, Polish, Italian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
  • mode (optional, default: sync) — sync returns downloadUrl immediately; async returns a jobId to poll with jobs_get
• Credits: 1 per page
• Example:

  {
    "themeId": "st-1756528793701-fcg5fblt2",
    "userInput": "Generate a 5-slide intro to machine learning",
    "responseLanguage": "English",
    "mode": "sync"
  }
  

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themes_search (GET /api/v1/themes/search)

Search pre-built themes to use with slides_generate.

• Args:
  • query (string, required) — search keyword (e.g. business, minimal, dark)
  • limit (number, optional, default: 10, range: 1–100)
• Returns: array of themes with id, name, description, previewUrl, tags
• Credits: free
• Example:

  { "query": "business", "limit": 5 }
  

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jobs_get (GET /api/v1/jobs/{jobId})

Poll a job's status and retrieve the result when ready.

• Args:
  • jobId (string, required)
• Returns: jobId, status (pending / processing / success / failed), message, downloadUrl (when success), slidePageCount, createdAt, updatedAt, duration (ms), jobUrl (Nano Banana jobs only)
• Credits: free
• Note: Poll every 20 seconds until status is success or failed.
• Example:

  { "jobId": "D8h9VYDGdTlZ6wWSEoctF" }
  

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slides_create_like_this (POST /api/v1/slides/create-like-this)

Generate slides (Nano Banana) that match the style of a reference image.

• Args:
  • userInput (string, required) — presentation content
  • referenceImageUrl (string, required) — URL of the style reference image
  • responseLanguage (string, optional, default: Auto)
  • aspectRatio (string, optional, default: 16:9) — valid values: 1:1, 2:3, 3:2, 3:4, 4:3, 4:5, 5:4, 9:16, 16:9, 21:9
  • resolution (string, optional, default: 2K) — 1K, 2K, 4K
  • page (number, optional, default: 0) — 0 = auto-detect, 1–100 = exact page count
  • contentDetail (string, optional, default: standard) — concise or standard
  • mode (string, optional, default: async) — async returns jobId; sync returns downloadUrl immediately
• Credits: 100 per page (1K/2K) or 200 per page (4K)
• Example:

  {
    "userInput": "Create a presentation about AI trends",
    "referenceImageUrl": "https://example.com/style-reference.jpg",
    "aspectRatio": "16:9",
    "resolution": "2K",
    "page": 5,
    "contentDetail": "standard",
    "mode": "async"
  }
  

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slides_create_pdf_slides (POST /api/v1/slides/create-pdf-slides)

Generate custom-designed slides (Nano Banana) from text content without a reference image.

• Args:
  • userInput (string, required) — presentation content
  • designStyle (string, optional) — free-text description of the visual style; leave empty for default styling
  • responseLanguage (string, optional, default: Auto)
  • aspectRatio (string, optional, default: 16:9) — valid values: 1:1, 2:3, 3:2, 3:4, 4:3, 4:5, 5:4, 9:16, 16:9, 21:9
  • resolution (string, optional, default: 2K) — 1K, 2K, 4K
  • page (number, optional, default: 0) — 0 = auto-detect, 1–100 = exact page count
  • contentDetail (string, optional, default: standard) — concise or standard
  • mode (string, optional, default: async) — async returns jobId; sync returns downloadUrl immediately
• Credits: 100 per page (1K/2K) or 200 per page (4K)
• Example:

  {
    "userInput": "Quarterly business review for Q3 2025",
    "designStyle": "modern, dark background, bold typography",
    "aspectRatio": "16:9",
    "resolution": "2K",
    "page": 8,
    "mode": "async"
  }
  

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slides_generate_narration (POST /api/v1/slides/generate-narration)

Add AI voice narration to a completed Nano Banana job (slides_create_like_this or slides_create_pdf_slides only; Fast PPT not supported). Always async — poll result with jobs_get.

• Args (single speaker, mode: "single" default):

  • jobId (string, required) — UUID of a completed Nano Banana job
  • mode (string, optional, default: single) — single or multi
  • speakerName (string, optional) — narrator name
  • voice (string, optional) — one of 30 voices (see list below)
  • contentMode (string, optional, default: standard) — concise or standard
  • includeIntro (boolean, optional, default: true)

• Args (two speakers, mode: "multi"):

  • jobId (string, required)
  • mode (string, required) — multi
  • speaker1Name (string, required)
  • speaker2Name (string, required)
  • speaker1Voice (string, optional) — voice for speaker 1
  • speaker2Voice (string, optional) — voice for speaker 2
  • contentMode (string, optional, default: standard) — concise or standard

• Supported voices (30): Puck, Aoede, Charon, Kore, Fenrir, Zephyr, Leda, Orus, Callirrhoe, Autonoe, Enceladus, Iapetus, Umbriel, Algieba, Despina, Erinome, Algenib, Rasalgethi, Laomedeia, Achernar, Alnilam, Schedar, Gacrux, Pulcherrima, Achird, Zubenelgenubi, Vindemiatrix, Sadachbia, Sadaltager, Sulafat

• Credits: 210 per page (10 text + 200 audio)

• Example:

  {
    "jobId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    "mode": "multi",
    "speaker1Name": "Alice",
    "speaker2Name": "Bob",
    "speaker1Voice": "Aoede",
    "speaker2Voice": "Puck",
    "contentMode": "standard"
  }
  

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slides_download_slides_pages_voices (POST /api/v1/slides/download-slides-pages-voices)

Export slide pages and audio narration as a ZIP file. The job must be completed and have narration generated.

• Args:
  • jobId (string, required) — UUID of a job with completed narration
• Returns: downloadUrl (expires in 1 hour), fileName, expiresIn (3600 seconds)
• ZIP contents:

  pages/
    page_01.png, page_02.png, …
  voices/
    page_01.wav, page_02.wav, …
  transcript.txt
  

• Credits: free
• Example:

  { "jobId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890" }
  

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Typical Workflows

Fast PPT (theme-based PowerPoint):

1. themes_search → get a themeId
2. slides_generate (sync) → get downloadUrl directly

Nano Banana (custom-designed slides):

1. slides_create_like_this or slides_create_pdf_slides (async) → get jobId
2. jobs_get (poll every 20s) → get downloadUrl when status: "success"

Nano Banana with narration:

1. slides_create_like_this or slides_create_pdf_slides → get jobId
2. jobs_get → wait for slides to complete
3. slides_generate_narration → get narration jobId
4. jobs_get → wait for narration to complete
5. slides_download_slides_pages_voices → get ZIP download link

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Troubleshooting (Claude Desktop)

• If tools don't appear in Claude, verify the config path is absolute and restart the app.
• Check Claude MCP logs:

tail -n 50 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log

• For stdio MCP servers, avoid logging to stdout; this server only logs errors to stderr.

References

• Build an MCP server (official docs): https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/develop/build-server
• 2slides API docs: https://2slides.com/api
• 2slides: https://2slides.com
• 2slides Templates: https://2slides.com/templates